Worried residents contacted the ambulance service because they thought a person was freezing to death on a park bench.

But when paramedics arrived at the scene in Staffordshire they found their patient could not be helped - because it was a STATUE.

After answering a 999 call at 10.20am on Monday December 11, West Midlands Ambulance crew rushed to Brampton Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, where they believed there was a member of the public who needed urgent medical assistance - but on closer inspection, the person turned out to be a sitting sculpture.

West Midlands Ambulance paramedic Katie Tudor tweeted: “Next, call from a member of the public who was concerned that there was someone sat on a bench, not moving and covered in snow!

“Luckily, on our arrival, it turned out to be a statue!”

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A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “Somebody in their car spotted who they thought was a person covered in snow and called us. An ambulance arrived straight away and our crew was there for exactly one minute and one second.

“The woman who called us had good intentions, but it’s unfortunate that she didn’t go over to check first that it wasn’t a statue.”